单词 | circa |
释义 | circaprep.adv. Around, round about, about. The preposition is often used in English with dates, as circa 1400 (c1400); it sometimes occurs in combination, as circa-continental adj. etc. Also as n., an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > closeness to accuracy > around, about [preposition] abouta1398 aside halfc1425 circa1861 around1869 circiter1888 round1901 1861 National Rev. Oct. 307 A curious photograph of a rustic family at work, circa 1390. 1874 in Geol. Mag. XI. 33 Confined to these circa-continental bands. 1898 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. 314 All the more careful..accounts..mark the earliest play-dates..with a tell-tale circa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < prep.adv.1861 |
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